Computer Organization
Computer Arithmetic
Marks 1Marks 2Marks 5
Machine Instructions and Addressing Modes
Marks 1Marks 2
Memory Interfacing
Marks 1Marks 2Marks 5
IO Interface
Marks 1Marks 2
Alu Data Path and Control Unit
Marks 1Marks 2
Secondary Memory
Marks 1Marks 2
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GATE CSE 2022
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+1
-0.33

Which one of the following facilitates transfer of bulk data from hard disk to main memory with the highest throughput?

A
DMA based I/O transfer
B
Interrupt driven I/O transfer
C
Polling based I/O transfer
D
Programmed I/O transfer
2
GATE CSE 2021 Set 2
Numerical
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-0
Consider a computer system with DMA support. The DMA module is transferring one 8-bit character in one CPU cycle from a device to memory through cycle stealing at regular intervals. Consider a 2 MHz processor. If 0.5% processor cycles are used for DMA, the data transfer rate of the device is __________ bits per second.
Your input ____
3
GATE CSE 2011
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+1
-0.3
A computer handles several interrupt sources of which of the following are relevant for this question.

$$ * \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$ Interrupt from $$CPU$$ temperature sensor (raises interrupt if $$CPU$$
$$\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$ temperature is too high)
$$ * \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$ Interrupt from Mouse (raises interrupt if the mouse is moved or a button is
$$\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$pressed)
$$ * \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$ Interrupt from Keyboard (raises interrupt when a key is pressed or released)
$$ * \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$ Interrupt from Hard Disk (raises interrupt when a disk read is completed)

Which one of these will be handled at the $$HIGHEST$$ priority?

A
Interrupt from Hard Disk
B
Interrupt from Mouse
C
Interrupt from Keyboard
D
Interrupt from $$CPU$$ temperature sensor
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GATE CSE 2009
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+1
-0.3
A $$CPU$$ generally handles an interrupt by executing an interrupt service routine
A
as soon as an interrupt is raised
B
by checking the interrupt register at the end of fetch cycle
C
by checking the interrupt register after finishing the execution of the current instruction
D
by checking the interrupt register at fixed time intervals.
GATE CSE Subjects
Theory of Computation
Operating Systems
Algorithms
Digital Logic
Database Management System
Data Structures
Computer Networks
Software Engineering
Compiler Design
Web Technologies
General Aptitude
Discrete Mathematics
Programming Languages
Computer Organization